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Film Number |
5016 |
Title |
LAKELAND HOLIDAY 1952 |
Producer |
Miss E. Jennings/Doris Crompton |
Date |
1952 |
Gauge |
16mm |
Colour |
b/w & colour |
Sound |
silent |
Running Time |
29 mins 38 secs |
Description |
The girls of Grange Park School, St Helens travel by bus to the Langdale Estate, Lake District. They walk to Grasmere and stop at St Oswald's Church and Robert Hayes' nursery garden. Langdale May Queen celebrations with a marching brass band and procession, followed by the crowning ceremony and maypole dancing. The girls go to church at Chapel Stile, Langdale, play in the river and play tennis. They visit White Craggs rock garden, Clappersgate, stop at Dungeon Ghyll Hotel for a drink, and are seen walking, paddling, feeding animals and watching sheep shearing. A visit to Near Sawrey and Beatrix Potter's House before getting the ferry across Windermere to Bowness. Some girls return to Grasmere and some go to Elterwater and watch the artist John Clitheroe at work. A walk to Little Langdale, before catching the ferry to Far Sawrey. Film concludes with a walk in the Tilberthwaite area. |
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